List of slums in South Africa

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A shantytown in Cape Flats, Cape Town

Slums in South Africa exist in all major cities. There are also rural informal settlements. [1] The slums are listed below under the city or town they are nearest to.

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Amanzimtoti

Ballito

Cape Town

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Khayelitsha in 2015

Durban

Durbanville

East London

Fish Hoek

George

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Map of Thembalethu showing zone of slum

Hout Bay

Johannesburg

Kempton Park

Kraaifontein

KwaDukuza

Margate

Mbombela

oThongathi

Paarl

Pinetown

Port Elizabeth

Port Shepstone

Randburg

Rustenburg

Stellenbosch

Strand

Verulam

See also

References

  1. ↑ Murray, Colin (1987). "Displaced Urbanization: South Africa's Rural Slums" . African Affairs. 86 (344): 311–329. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097916. ISSN   0001-9909. JSTOR   722745.
  2. ↑ "SA violence spreads to Cape Town". BBC News. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Milne, Nicky (14 December 2016). "The tale of two slums in South Africa as residents seek to upgrade lives". Reuters. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Staff writer (24 August 2008). "'It's our duty not to be silent'". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Staff Writer (14 August 2016). "These are the biggest townships in South Africa". Business Tech. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Africa, Richard PithouseTopics: Movements Places (1 February 2006). "Struggle Is a School: The Rise of a Shack Dwellers' Movement in Durban, South Africa". Monthly Review. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. 1 2 Huchzermeyer, Marie (September 2003). "A legacy of control? The capital subsidy for housing, and informal settlement intervention in South Africa". International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 27 (3): 591–612. doi:10.1111/1468-2427.00468.
  8. ↑ "Njabulo Ndebele: Behind sweaty windows – reflections on the boxing Mecca of South Africa". Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Hope in a shipping container clinic". The New Humanitarian. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  10. ↑ Smit, Suzanne; Musango, Josephine Kaviti; Kovacic, Zora; Brent, Alan C (February 2017). "Conceptualising slum in an urban African context". Cities. 62: 107–119. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2016.12.018.
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